Shipping case



H, R. BLISS SHIPPING CASE Nov. 4 1924. 1,514,364

Nov. 4 92 ,514.364

- H.Fl BLJSS SHIPPING CASE Filed Dec. 6, 1922 5 Sheets-Sheet 5 atented Nov. 4, l 924.

HERBERT R. BLISS, OF NIAGARA FALIS, NEW YORK.

SHIPPING CASE.

Applciation filed December e, 1922. Serial No. 605,301.

T0all whom 25 may concern:

Be it known that I, HERBERT R. BLISS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Niagara Falls, in the county of Niagara and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvments in Shipping Cases, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to a method of sealing fibre shipping cases by wire-stitching or'metallic fasteners. It is the object of the present invention to provide a method by which these shipping cases can be expeditiously and securely sealed.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a perspective of the complete sealed case.

Fig. 2 is a perspective of the same before it is packed.

Fig. 3 is a diagrammatic view showing how it is sealed.

Fig. 4 is a section taken on the line 44 of Fig. 3.

Fig. 5 is a perspective of a modified form of shipping case. Figs. 6 to 8 inclusive show the blanks used to build the case.

From an inspection of the blanks and the made from three separate blanks. The end blanks are designated a and b and are provided with cover wings a and b. The body blank is secured to form the sides c c, the bottom d and the cover wings e and e. In the form of construction shown in Figs. 1

and 2, the fastening' strips f are integral right angularly folded .portions of the end blanks. In the form shown in Fig. 5 they are integral right angularly formed portions i of the main body blank and are designated f. These forms of construction have great advantages in economy of material and strength of the box at the corners.

Now referring to Fig. 3, the closure and the way the fasteners are driven wi1lbe understood. A blade anvil such as shown in this figure is used to clinch the fasteners. The first position of the anvilis designated 1; the second position is designated 2 and the third position is designated 3. The

stitches are numbered in the order they are taken and each anvil position is printed with the numbers of the stitches taken while inserted in the way shown.

The cover wings e e preferably just meet while the underlying cover wings a and b do not quite meet at the center but may be somewhat spaced. The underlying cover wings a"and Z) are first folded in; the cover wing e is then folded over while the cover wing e is folded back out of the way. Now, obviously the anvil in position No. 1 is free to be inserted in the open spa0e'between the edges of the underlying cover Wings a and b. Stitches 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 may be taken, or any difl'erent number of stitches and the order may be varied. The anvil is in the same position so far as its means of access to the under-side of the part but of course the box has to be swung around on the anvil to take the various stitches. Next the cover wing e is folded down on top of the underlying cover wings and the anvil is inserted under the cover wing e and over the cover wing b as shown inposition 2 Fig. 3. This permits stitches 9, 10 and 11 to be taken leaving, however, an opening between stitch 11 and the side of the case big enough to insert the anvil in position 3. In this position the anvil overlies, the cover wing a and underlies the cover wing e and b. Stitches 12, 13, 14 and 15 may be taken.

It will be obvious that these stitches do not necessarily have to, be taken in the order e1umerated for after the three separate positions of the anvil are taken, obviously it is simply a matter of choice and convenience so far as the orderthey are taken in. I have spoken of the anvil being inserted, of course in actual practice the anvil will ordinarily be stationary and the box swung around on a table to cause the anvil to be inserted in the various positions indicated.

What I claim is 1. The method of sealing a fibre shipping case provided with two pairs of 'cover wm s at the sealing end, comprising the folding m of two of the opposed cover wings and the folding in of the third cover wing over the said two cover wings, inserting a blade anvil under the cover wings and stitching the anvil, then withdrawing the anvil and inserting the same in such space at the op 'posite end of such overlying cover wing and stitching the other end of the cover wing to the other underlying cover wing along the free edges of the overlyihg cover wing.

2. The method of sealing a, fibre shipping case having a pair of abutting cover wings and a pair of cover wings which fall short of abutting, which comprises the folding in of the short cover wings and the folding in of one of the abutting cover wings to overlie the short cover wings, the insertion of a blade anvil in the open space at the center of the top of the case under the thus overlapped cover wings, and the driving of fasteners into such overlapped cover wings,

the withdrawal of the anvil, the overlapping of the remaining abutting cover wing, the A such end of the over1ying cover wing but leaving a space for the insertion of the anvi1, the withdrawa] of the'anvil and the insertion of the anvil through such space at the opposite end, the driving of metallic fasteners through the unfastened end of the overlying cover wing and the underlying coverwing, and the withdrawal of the anvil.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

HERBERT R. BLISS.- 

